South America :: CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	THE CONTINENT IN PRE-SPANISH DAYS	1
II.	COLUMBUS	14
III.	THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES	26
IV.	THE DISCOVERY AND EARLY HISTORY OF BRAZIL	36
V.	THE CONQUEST OF PERU	47
VI.	SPANIARD AND NATIVE	56
VII.	THE COLONIZATION OF THE SOUTH	64
VIII.	THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COLONIES	74
IX.	FOREIGN RAIDS ON THE SPANISH COLONIES	83
X.	FOREIGN RAIDS ON PORTUGUESE COLONIES	95
XI.	THE COLONY OF PERU	110
XII.	THE COLONY OF CHILE	121
XIII.	THE COLONIES OF PARAGUAY AND THE RIVER PLATE	130
XIV.	THE NORTHERN COLONIES	142
XV.	THE LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE	151
XVI.	THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE—I	159
XVII.	THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE—II	176
XVIII.	BRAZIL: FROM COLONY TO EMPIRE	185
XIX.	THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL	201
XX.	FROM EMPIRE TO REPUBLIC	211
XXI.	MODERN BRAZIL	220
XXII.	THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPANISH AMERICA	228
XXIII.	THE REPUBLIC OF PERU	237
XXIV.	THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY	245
XXV.	THE PARAGUAYAN WAR	255
XXVI.	THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE	264
XXVII.	THE REPUBLICS OF THE RIVER PLATE	272
XXVIII.	THE NORTHERN REPUBLICS	283
	INDEX	295

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